README.md

vim-g

vim-g is a tiny plugin that allows you to perform a quick Google search directly from Vim. It opens a new
browser window with results. vim-g uses Perl for url encoding.

Installation

Place in ~/.vim/plugin/g.vim or in case of Pathogen:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/szw/vim-g.git

Please, don't forget to star the repository if you like (and use) the plugin. This will let me know
how many users it has and then how to proceed with further development :).

Usage

To lookup a word (or words) in Google use Google command:

:Google hello
:Google start up

Google command can use a word under the cursor. Just move the cursor to the word and type the same command in the
command line:

:Google

Additionally, you can select words in the visual mode exactly in the same way. Just select words and type
:Google. You can also prepend your selection with more clues:

:Google function
:Google ruby

There is also a special command named Gf to prepend the current file type automatically:

:Googlef
:Googlef strpos
:Googlef function

Moreover, you can use double quotes (") to perform phrase
search. Just enclose some words
between quotation marks as you type. Also, you don't have to close manually open quotation marks. vim-g
will add the missing one itself.